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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/funding%20for%20CI/near/154673924" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Shnatsel <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/funding.20for.20CI.html#154673924">(Jan 08 2019 at 20:20)</a>:</h4>
<p><span class="user-mention" data-user-id="116009">@nikomatsakis</span> in <a href="http://smallcultfollowing.com/babysteps/blog/2019/01/07/rust-in-2019-focus-on-sustainability/" target="_blank" title="http://smallcultfollowing.com/babysteps/blog/2019/01/07/rust-in-2019-focus-on-sustainability/">Rust in 2019: Focus on sustainability</a> you mentioned that having more money to spend on CI would help development. <br>
I feel there are a few companies that would be willing to help out.  For one, I work at Google which conveniently has a cloud offering. <br>
We could pitch the idea internally, but we'd need at least some data on how bad the problem is - with figures, e.g. hours which are wasted now and could be saved, an estimate of the resources required, and a point of contact on the Rust side.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/funding%20for%20CI/near/154673980" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Taylor Cramer <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/funding.20for.20CI.html#154673980">(Jan 08 2019 at 20:21)</a>:</h4>
<p>(context: I also work at Google on the Fuchsia team which uses Rust)</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/funding%20for%20CI/near/154674000" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Taylor Cramer <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/funding.20for.20CI.html#154674000">(Jan 08 2019 at 20:21)</a>:</h4>
<p>We have also attempted to help with either funding for CI or machine time on GCE</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/funding%20for%20CI/near/154674098" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Taylor Cramer <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/funding.20for.20CI.html#154674098">(Jan 08 2019 at 20:22)</a>:</h4>
<p>It was my understanding that (a) Travis won't take any more money from us (b) migrating Rust entirely over to GCE is a lot of work and (c) there isn't currently a way that we can give money to mozilla and have it earmarked for Rust</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/funding%20for%20CI/near/154674749" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Shnatsel <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/funding.20for.20CI.html#154674749">(Jan 08 2019 at 20:31)</a>:</h4>
<p>I see. It is nice to know that what you're trying to do has already been tried. Thanks!</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/funding%20for%20CI/near/154674868" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Pietro Albini <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/funding.20for.20CI.html#154674868">(Jan 08 2019 at 20:32)</a>:</h4>
<p>by the way, the infra team is on discord <code>:)</code></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/funding%20for%20CI/near/154675151" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Pietro Albini <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/funding.20for.20CI.html#154675151">(Jan 08 2019 at 20:37)</a>:</h4>
<p>at the moment we don't have any meaningful way to get external funding for CI, unfortunately</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/funding%20for%20CI/near/154675173" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Pietro Albini <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/funding.20for.20CI.html#154675173">(Jan 08 2019 at 20:37)</a>:</h4>
<p>that might change when we start discussing possible alternatives to Travis CI in the coming weeks</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/funding%20for%20CI/near/154675533" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nagisa <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/funding.20for.20CI.html#154675533">(Jan 08 2019 at 20:43)</a>:</h4>
<p>Does GCE… support anything other than x86?</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/funding%20for%20CI/near/154675779" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Shnatsel <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/funding.20for.20CI.html#154675779">(Jan 08 2019 at 20:47)</a>:</h4>
<p>No. There are some POWER9 machines internally, but not on GCE. There is no ARM around as far as I'm aware.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/funding%20for%20CI/near/154676195" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Shnatsel <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/funding.20for.20CI.html#154676195">(Jan 08 2019 at 20:52)</a>:</h4>
<p>Amazon has ARM now, and they are pretty invested in Firecracker, so that might be an avenue.<br>
IBM, naturally, provides POWER9 servers in their cloud. Not sure what their Rust involvement is, if any.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/funding%20for%20CI/near/154676605" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nagisa <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/funding.20for.20CI.html#154676605">(Jan 08 2019 at 20:58)</a>:</h4>
<p>We do have a few occasional contributors from RedHat working on POWER things <span class="emoji emoji-1f642" title="slight smile">:slight_smile:</span></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/funding%20for%20CI/near/154676620" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nagisa <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/funding.20for.20CI.html#154676620">(Jan 08 2019 at 20:58)</a>:</h4>
<p>And system-z as well.</p>



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